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HYPERLINK "" What's the best ice breaker question you've ever asked or been asked?Megan Rees, LPCC, LCAT, RDTRegional Trainer/Director of Staff Development at Telecare CorporationComments?3 commentsLissaLissa HealyFostering excellence in people and programs - Experienced leadership development and org. development professionalI'm assuming you're asking in terms of group facilitation activities? And for me, it depends on the situation! So, to not quite answer your question, one of my favorite methods of icebreaker questions are when there are objects involved.?To start, everyone in the group picks an object of their choice (from a selection you present). I've seen objects be play-dough, rubber duckies, stress balls...anything really, but no more than 3 or 4 types of objects. Then, after selection, participants are told what type of question each object represents--and everyone responds to the specific question of the object they picked.?For example, all people who select the green play-dough say one thing they are excited about for the meeting, yellow is a question they have, red is a worry they have. Or you could make it more silly--if you selected a unicorn, what was your dream job as a child; if you selected a bouncy ball what's one of your funniest mistakes, etc. Makes it interesting and you get a greater variety of responses. Plus then there's something for the kinesthetic learners to hold onto during the meeting.SteveSteve WeitzSr Learning Consultant, Global Talent Organization at LinkedInWe have a tradition at LinkedIn that I really like: tell us something you'd like us to know about you that's not on your LinkedIn profile.?Another one that I came across recently: have everyone write down on a post-it note the name of a famous person they've had an encounter with. If they haven't, they can make one up. Throughout the day when we needed to take a break, the facilitator took a few of the post-its off the wall and had people guess who had the encounter - then we got to hear the story.Andria K.Andria K. Taylor, M.Ed., Talent DevelopmentTalent and Leadership Development ProfessionalI ask participants to bring a picture (photo, art, whatever) that represents something important to them. Then, as an icebreaker or team building activity, go around the room and have each person share why their picture is meaningful/important. Always amazes me how deep some people will go with this simple exercise. Even teams that work together all the time are able to learn more about what's important to their teammates. It is helpful to give people a parameter on time for this exercise, as some people could 'wax eloquent' about their family, their hobby etc. - whatever the picture is about. ................
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